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• 👁 <a href='/person_bio.php?person_id=1041' style='text-decoration: none;'><span class='articleHeader' style='color: #074348;'>Perils of Silence</span></a><br /><br />First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Socialist.<br /> <br /> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out, Because I was not a Jew.<br /> <br /> Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.<br /><br /><a href='/person_bio.php?person_id=1041'>More about Perils of Silence</a><br /><br />
  
• 👁 <a href='/battle_spec.php?battle_id=7' style='text-decoration: none;'><span class='articleHeader' style='color: #074348;'>Indian Ocean Raid</span></a><br /><br />In Apr 1942, a powerful Japanese carrier fleet sailed into the Indian Ocean, sinking HMS Hermes and many other British warships, forcing the British Eastern Fleet to fall back to Africa to safeguard the remaining naval assets.<br /><br /><a href='/battle_spec.php?battle_id=7'>More about Indian Ocean Raid</a><br /><br />
  
• 👁 <a href='/ship_spec.php?ship_id=1' style='text-decoration: none;'><span class='articleHeader' style='color: #074348;'>Sinking of Yamato</span></a><br /><br />Early in World War II, naval aviation proved itself at Taranto and Pearl Harbor. It was to repeat again near the end of the war as the largest and most powerful battleship in history sank at the hands of carrier aircraft.<br /><br /><a href='/ship_spec.php?ship_id=1'>More about Sinking of Yamato</a><br /><br />
  
• 👁 <a href='/person_bio.php?person_id=95' style='text-decoration: none;'><span class='articleHeader' style='color: #074348;'>Death of Hitler</span></a><br /><br />With the Soviet forces weighing down on his Berlin bunker, the German dictator committed suicide on 30 Apr 1945. Hitler left behind a devastated Europe and the legacy of being among the most evil in the history of mankind.<br /><br /><a href='/person_bio.php?person_id=95'>More about Death of Hitler</a><br /><br />
  

• Person: Yoshiko Kawashima, 9 Apr 2026
• Ship: B, 6 Apr 2026
• Ship: D, 6 Apr 2026
• Ship: C, 6 Apr 2026
• Country: Tanganyika, 30 Mar 2026
• Ship: Emo, 23 Mar 2026
• Weapon: Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*, 16 Mar 2026
• Person: Samuel Gravely, Jr., 9 Mar 2026
• Weapon: No. 74 'Sticky Bomb', 4 Mar 2026
• Person: Roddie Edmonds, 2 Mar 2026
• Person: Karl Plagge, 23 Feb 2026
• Facility: RAF Thorpe Abbotts, 16 Feb 2026
• Person: Henry Parham, 9 Feb 2026

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Adolf Hitler with his staff at Wolf's Lair, Ra...

10 Apr 1942: Marco Revedin was made the commanding officer of Comandante Cappellini while at Bordeaux, France, relieving Sergio Bresina. Read More

10 Apr 1941: Franklin Roosevelt approved the transfer of 10 Lake-class Coast Guard Cutters to the British Royal Navy; the transfers were comp... Read More

10 Apr 1945: Otto Skorzeny visited Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner's headquarters in Silesia in occupied Poland. Read More

27 Jan 2026: Seven Japanese-American WW2 Soldiers to Be Promoted Posthumously Read More

15 Jan 2026: Two WW2-era Bombs Discovered in Devon, England, United Kingdom Read More

29 Dec 2025: WW2DB's 21st Anniversary Read More

25 Nov 2025: Digitized Nuremberg Trials Documents Available Read More

11 Nov 2025: Plaques Commemorating African-American Soldiers Removed From US Military Cemetery Read More

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